Former Ward 1 City Council candidate Cathy Weeks and supporters on Wednesday made their case before the ethics commission to investigate an anonymously distributed flyer she says cost her the race.
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In threat to Pelosi, 16 Democrats sign letter saying they’ll back new leadership
An additional 5 House Democrats, including Congressman-elect Jared Golden, D-2nd District, say they’ll oppose her but didn’t sign the letter.
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Waterville Democrat wins Ward 1 council seat by 2 votes in recount
Republican Catherine Weeks, who lost by two votes in the recount Thursday, said she still will pursue an ethics complaint.
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Waterville to recount plastic bag ban vote after mayor leads petition
Nick Isgro and Waterville School Board member Julian Payne on Tuesday handed in the required signatures needed to force a recount of the referendum.
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Next Maine Senate majority leader focuses on need to deliver results
Nate Libby said he and his fellow Democrats hope to increase the homestead property tax exemption, make drug prices more transparent and provide student debt relief.
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Waterville Ward 1 council candidate alleges ethics violation
Catherine Weeks, who lost the Ward 1 race by four votes, is asking for an investigation into a flyer against her that was distributed anonymously.
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Prior court rulings would complicate any challenge to Maine’s ranked-choice voting system
Courts have upheld the voting method on several occasions elsewhere in the United States.
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Cyrway appears to hold off Kusiak in Senate District 16
The Republican incumbent, Scott Cyrway received 165 more votes in winning Albion, Benton, Clinton, Fairfield and Winslow than Democrat Karen Kusiak, who won Waterville but hasn’t decided whether she will seek a recount.
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State tells CMP its application to build 145-mile power line incomplete
The Department of Environmental Protection says it cannot evaluate the project without information in four areas, a request CMP calls routine.
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Sen. King: Congress should pass bill supporting Mueller’s Russia probe after Sessions ouster
The newly re-elected Maine senator said special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation should not be blocked and that the Senate Intelligence Committee will continue its own inquiry regardless.